Word: aloftness
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...cavernous home in the sky. They made scientific observations of the earth and sun, performed biomedical tests on themselves, and even feasted on some of the foods that NASA had feared would spoil in Skylab's scorching temperatures. The outlook seemed bright. Asked whether they expected to remain aloft for a full 28-day mission, Commander Charles ("Pete") Conrad Jr. replied unhesitatingly: "You betcha...
Despite the dubious outlook, the very fact that the repair mission got aloft at all was something of a triumph...
...trying to pull in passengers for Caledonian's daily New York-London and five-day-a-week New York-Los Angeles flights by touting Caledonian's service (baggage handlers, the ads claim, take extra care with luggage, and stewardesses will sharpen pencils for the businessman doing work aloft) and Scottish image. Airplanes are named after Scottish counties and haggis is served to first-class passengers. "After all," Thomson says, "there are millions of people of Scottish descent in the United States...
...exerts. As an aircraft wing is thrust forward, the flow of air over the curved upper surface is faster than the flow past the flat underside. Thus there is more push from beneath the wing than on the upper surface, where pressure is reduced; that "lift" keeps planes aloft...
Goalie Jacques Plante gave his traditional victory sign, both arms aloft as he skated off the ice, after the Boston Bruins' 4-0 shutout against the Chicago Hockey League action yesterday...